Chapter 84: Solomon's Wisdom
"According to the Bible, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines......" Qian Cheng said unhurriedly, and as soon as he was halfway through his words, he was interrupted by the old ghost. @,.2√3wx.
The old ghost said, "Damn, is it really fake?" Ancient Chinese emperors also did not have a harem of 36 courtyards and 72 concubines. He's just a breeder/horse! 700 wives and 300 concubines!! He doesn't die either?! ”
Qian Cheng said: "How do I know this, if I knew, I wouldn't be here today." ”
Hearing Qian Cheng say this, the old ghost and I both laughed, which is the truth.
Qian Cheng continued: "Among these wives and concubines were foreign princesses, including Pharaoh's daughters and Moabite women, and the wives of Ammon, Sidon, and Volde. These wives are described as leading Solomon away from Israel's idolatrous gods.
Solomon was also an energetic administrator who redivided the 12 tribes of Israel into 12 districts, each of which was appointed by the king with a governor and 12 governors under the control of a grand governor.
Not only that, but Solomon was also known for his wisdom. He was also a well-known poet who wrote more than 1,000 hymns, including the Song of Solomon and the Book of Proverbs, which are said to have been written by him. ”
Qian Cheng's words made me suddenly feel a little insightful: "The leaders of these countries in ancient times were all literati. Just like Mao Xdong, Cao Cao, etc., they are all full of poetry. ”
The old ghost said after a while, "Well, I agree with that! It's all very sassy, can you convince others if you don't sass? ”
Qian Cheng ignored our nonsense and continued: "Solomon's reign was the peak of Israel and the Jewish United Kingdom. With a powerful army and a prosperous business, Jehovah's temple and a magnificent royal palace were built in Jerusalem. As a result, he is regarded as the greatest king of ancient Israel.
Solomon was very clever as a child and inherited the throne at the age of 20. He married an Egyptian princess. Working with the Egyptians made the country very strong. This also contributed to the glory of his life, which developed the ancient kingdom of Israel to its greatest power.
There is a story known as "Solomon's Judgment": two women come to Solomon and quarrel over who is the real mother of the baby.
Solomon solved it in a simple way: when Solomon was supposed to cut the living child in half with a sword, a woman said she would rather give up the child than see him killed. And another woman. It is not so eager. Solomon declared the woman who showed mercy to be the true mother and gave her baby.
As it turned out, Solomon was right in his judgment. ”
The old ghost listened attentively to the story, and after thinking for two seconds, he raised an objection: "This judgment is too far-fetched and too hasty, right?" What if the woman pretended? Or is the other one the biological mother who was just shocked by the decision? ”
Qian Cheng said: "You don't want to just drill the horns and grasp those unimportant details. You have to look at the essence through the phenomena to truly appreciate what 'wisdom' is! ”
The old ghost scoffed at Qian Cheng's statement, showing an unconvincing look.
But Qian Cheng was full of admiration and admiration for this supreme king. Like an idol in his mind, he couldn't help but say, "King Solomon was the son of David and Bathsheba, the third monarch of the kingdom of Israel, and the last monarch before the division of the kingdom of Israel in the north and the kingdom of Judah in the south."
According to the Bible, King Solomon was the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem with superhuman wisdom, great wealth, and supreme power. He was the greatest king in the history of the Jewish people and one of the most legendary kings in the world.
King Solomon prayed to God for wisdom in a dream, and God not only gave him incomparable wisdom. He also gave him endless glory, wealth, wisdom, and virtue. From then on, Solomon conquered the hearts of his people by wisdom. Especially the stories I just mentioned such as the "Wisdom of Parenting Case". It also shows the power of his wisdom.
He built the famous temple of Judaism and welcomed back the "Golden Ark of the Covenant" where God had deposited his oracles; He was engaged in economic construction and urban construction, building luxurious royal palaces and strong city walls; He built two fleets and sent them overseas to vigorously develop commerce; He also assembled a powerful navy. Not only did they carry out expeditions to expand, but they also went to sea to seek to develop their own trade.
King Solomon had a beautiful love, and his sweet and romantic love affair with Queen Sheba has been passed down through the ages: it is said. The queen of Sheba admired King Solomon's wisdom and came to Jerusalem with her servants, spices, precious stones, and gold. During the meeting, she asked King Solomon many questions, and King Solomon gave her answers to which she was most satisfied. King Solomon's erudition, the opulence of his palaces, the sumptuous feasts, and even the fine attire of his servants were "astonishing."
As soon as the two met. were all overwhelmed by each other's looks and intelligence, and spontaneously fell in love. On her way home, the queen gave birth to a half-race son, named Menelik, which means "son of wisdom".
When Solomon ascended to the throne, he inherited the vast territory of his father, David: the Euphrates River in the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba in the southeast, and the Philistine-Egyptian borders in the southwest. King Solomon was ambitious, and his decision-making was wise and strategic. During Solomon's time, he used the port of Eilat as a base to develop maritime trade, and his trading fleet sailed through the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Africa, India and other places.
But things were going to fail, and the kingdom of Israel was soon divided.
This division was due to the fact that King Solomon had provoked Jehovah's wrath by worshipping and serving many gods with his concubines in his old age, and by not following the example of his father, King David.
Jehovah sent the prophet Ahijah the Shiloite to tear a new garment of his outside Jerusalem into twelve pieces, and asked Jeroboam to take ten pieces. It means: 'God will tear the united kingdom apart into two kingdoms after Solomon's death, and the northern kingdom of Israel, consisting of ten tribes, will be ruled by Jeroboam; Southern Judea remained the tribes of Judea and Benjamin, which continued to be ruled by Rehoboam, the son of King Solomon. ’
In order to consolidate his kingdom, Jeroboam set up an altar of the golden calf at Bethel and Dan to compete with the temple in Jerusalem in the south, but he also led the people of the north into the great sin of idolatry.
It may have been that King Solomon had predicted such an outcome, and before he died, he sent for most of his treasures to be hidden. It is said that it is inside this pyramid! ”
As soon as the old ghost heard that Solomon's wealth was hidden here, he jumped up and looked extremely excited. (To be continued......)